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ACA Employer Mandate is Delayed Until 2015

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Category: CDHC, Compliance and Regulatory, DOL, ERISA, Health Care Reform, HHS, PPACA, Taxes,

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) employer mandate provision has been delayed until 2015. This news was announced July 2, 2013 by the ​US Department of the Treasury on behalf of the Administration.

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The ACA – What you need to do NOW

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Category: CDHC, Compliance and Regulatory, DOL, ERISA, Health Care Reform, IRS, PPACA, Taxes,

By Robert J. Lowe

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act includes many requirements applicable to employer group health plans. Some of these requirements are already effective but some of the most significant requirements will become effective in 2014. Employers should now be considering what they need to do to comply with ACA requirements that will become effective in 2014.

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New Benefits Coordinator’s Failure to Provide COBRA Election Notice Leads to Stiff Penalties for Employer


Category: COBRA, Compliance and Regulatory, DOL, ERISA,

From the November 08, 2012 EBIA Weekly
[Evans v. Books-A-Million, 2012 WL 5379351 (N.D. Ala. 2012)]

The terminated employee in this case sued her former employer for, among other things, not providing her a COBRA election notice for its group dental plan.

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Important Information Regarding the PPACA Summary of Benefits and Coverage Requirement


Category: Cafeteria Plans, CDHC, Compliance and Regulatory, DOL, ERISA, Flexible Spending, FSA, Health Care Reform, Health Reimbursement, HRA, HSA, IRS, PPACA,

Group health plans, which include HRAs, MERPs, and non-excepted FSAs, must provide a Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC) for all eligible plans to all eligible individuals, participants and beneficiaries.

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Summary of Benefit Coverage Requirements for Health FSAs and HRAs


Category: Compliance and Regulatory, DOL, ERISA, Flexible Spending, FSA, Health Reimbursement, HHS, HIPAA, HRA, IRS, PPACA, Section 125 Plans,

Does an employer have to provide a copy of the Summary of Benefits and Coverage (“SBC”) to enrollees of Health Flexible Spending Accounts (“Health FSA”) or Health Reimbursement Arrangements (“HRA”)?

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Court Finds Employer Met ERISA's Voluntary Plan Safe Harbor, Despite Payment of Premiums Through Cafeteria Plan


Category: Cafeteria Plans, Compliance and Regulatory, DOL, ERISA, Section 125 Plans,

Voluntary benefits that are sold directly to employees may be subject to ERISA as employer-sponsored plans, or may be exempt under the voluntary plan safe harbor, which allows for only minimal involvement by the employer. The plaintiff in this case purchased a short-term disability policy after seeing a presentation by the insurer at his workplace.

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